COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTIONBrewed using the time honored methods and an extra slow lager to release the smooth flavor of our roasted malts. Over 1,100 lbs. Of malted barley in every handcrafted batch!
Expect this bier to pour with a rich head of foam that will enhance its incredible spice bouquet. Staghorn Octoberfest combines a smooth amber body with a clean crisp finish.

Wow-eee!! Outstanding beer!! This is what an Oktoberfest is all about! Beautiful rich coppery red, nice head, great mouth feel, perfect carbonation, the sweetness and dryness that interplay and make it a definition session beer. Doesn’t get any better! Just put on draft at the Bodega downtown La Crosse.

Appearance: - Light amber color with tons of thick frothy head
Aroma: grain - honey - that wonderful scent you catch when your outside at an oktoberfest, a little bit slosh buzzed - it’s cool weather, the german polka starts and you take a swig and while your nose is in your cup it catches a sweet whiff of none other than the smell that you can come to associate only with this time of year, the good company, and being buzzed in October.
Taste: grain, honey, hint of jasmine - smooth, hint of orange.
Palate: light - smooth
Overall: I highly recommend as a lighter octoberfest - this ain’t the beer you have to commit thirty-forty minutes to drink. If you want to sample some other beers after - this beer won’t stand in the way - its simple, to the point, yet savory all rolled into one. I highly recommend. Thanks to a friend from WI - I was able to savor a few of these while in Cincinnati.

Just terrific. A mild, malty Okto that doesn’t try to bowl you over with spice or hops. It’s a terrific session Marzen that can be consumed in quantity. New Glarus is an excellent brewery, and this is further proof.

Solid darkish copper color with a small puffy off-white head that sticks around a while eventually fading to nothing as its consumed and leaves sheets of lace that dispear fast to stick in webby lines and spots. Wonderful toasted aroma on this, touch of caramel and light floral dried hops, very crisply toasted with a hint of ripe fruity-like sweetness reminescent of a sour bread dough. Really becomes a sniffer as it warms. Taste is a nice toasty, lightly sweet mix of maltyness, very solid through and through. Sweetness is strong but subdued in its presense over an amazing and great little toastyness, some thinner caramel sits in the back with some light herbal/floral dried hops setting up the finish to end with a nice mellow crispness and light lingering sweetness. Medium body feel, lightly creamy aspect and a lovely finish. A very nice O'fest beer that goes down with ease. A new favorite to keep around, top notch and a cut above alot of the mish-mashy O'fest brews that every brewery seems to make. This one is done right. Great job New Glarus!

I can honestly say that this is my favorite of the New Glarus bunch. Warm, malty flavor that finishes very nicely clean. A nice compliment to those late fall barbecues or for sitting around the fire as its rich, almost caramel toffee taste enlivens the senses.

Pours a very clear deep reddish copper, briefly topped by half an inch of off-white foam, then replaced by a very thin ring of foam and an even thinner layer of film. No lacing. Mild caramel and some sweet fruitiness in the aroma.
Very tasty beer - lots of toasted malt, some caramel, some grain, a hint of chocolate, and fruit. A mild hop presence in the finish provides good balance. Quite a bit of that sweet fruitiness remains in the aftertaste.

New Glarus is very well known in Wisconsin for making great beer and this Oktoberfest if no exception. It pours a light amber color and you take in a mild scent of spices. The initial sip seems a little weak but is followed by an explosion of spices that tickle your taste buds that drinks rather smooth. Definitely an Oktoberfest worth trying!

Bottle. Smell of a heady, grainy malt, is followed by a beautiful amber color and pillowy head when poured into a glass. A taste of thick bodied, caramel malts is finished by just a hint of hoppiness. A fantastic Oktoberfest and beer.

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